Ian Harold Beckles is a former American football Guard who played nine seasons in the NFL. Beckles is currently co-host of The Ron & Ian Show with Ron Diaz on 620 WDAE-AM "The Sports Animal" in Tampa, Florida. Beckles' family emigrated to Canada in 1964. His mother was native of Guyana, while his father hails from Trinidad. Beckles grew up with his mother in a single-parent home in Montreal and played hockey and baseball as a youth . However, after playing football in high school, Beckles excelled and went on to play junior college football at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa,... earning all-conference honors as a sophomore. Beckles later transferred to Indiana, and became a standout guard during the 1989 season—his only as a starter. During Beckles' senior year, Indiana produced one of nation's top rushing attacks .
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